Sen. Bob Menendez (D.-N.J.) faces allegations that he had sex with underage prostitutes, while taking numerous research trips to the Dominican Republic. Perhaps, Sen. Menendez was researching the impact of how underage girls are impacted by human trafficking by victimizing them as well.

The Daily Caller reports that, "documents published online for the first time Thursday indicate that the FBI opened an inquiry into New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez on August 1, 2012, focusing on repeated trips he took to the Dominican Republic with longtime campaign contributor and Miami eye doctor Salomon Melgen. The DC reported in November that Menendez purchased the service of prostitutes in that Caribbean nation at a series of alcohol-fueled sex parties."

Allegedly, Carrie Levine, research director at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), was alerted on April 9, 2012 to Menendez' habit of paying for sex while outside the United States.

According to the Daily Caller, "ABC News senior investigative producer Rhonda Schwartz was aware as early as May 2, 2012, the documents show, when Levine wrote a source in the Dominican Republic to say that she had ‘shared your allegations, but not your identities, with a respected, trusted journalist with whom we have worked on other stories."